Charli XCX & Sam Smith, In The City | Song Review 🎵
![Charli XCX & Sam Smith, In The City [📷: Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/charli-xcx-sam-smith-in-the-city-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
“In The City,” the first collaboration between pop standouts Charli XCX and the highly decorated Sam Smith, is nothing short of a dance/electro-pop bop.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Charli XCX & Sam Smith, In The City [📷: Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/charli-xcx-sam-smith-in-the-city-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
“In The City,” the first collaboration between pop standouts Charli XCX and the highly decorated Sam Smith, is nothing short of a dance/electro-pop bop.
![Bitter, Sour, Lemon…:5ive Songs No. 2 [Photo Credits: 19 Recordings Limited, 88rising, Brent Faulkner, EMPIRE, Glen Carrie, GODMODE, Interscope, J, The Musical Hype, Republic, Stones Throw, Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bitter-sour-lemon-5ive-songs-no-2-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
On the 2nd edition of 5ive Songs, we briefly examine five songs that are either bitter, sour, or reference lemons.

“13 Songs Where, When It Rains It Pours (Part I)” features music by Alec Benjamin, K. Michelle, Lady Gaga, Ro James and SuperM.
![Lady Gaga, Chromatica [📷 : Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/lady-gaga-chromatica-2.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
With her sixth studio album, Chromatica, Lady Gaga delivers her best and most enjoyable solo album since Born this Way.
![Lady Gaga, "Stupid Love" [Photo Credit: Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lady-gaga-stupid-love-interscope-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Academy- and Grammy-Award-winner Lady Gaga makes a fun, energetic return with her first new solo single on 2020, “Stupid Love.”
![Camila Cabello, "Shameless": The Musical Hype Track Review [Photo Credit: Epic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/camila-cabello-shameless-epic-tmh-track-review.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy-nominated pop artist Camila Cabello returns with a dark, intense ‘shameless’ pop single, “Shameless,” set to appear on her sophomore LP.
![“11 Awesome Songs That Tickled My Fancy in June 2019” [Photo Credits: Big Machine, Columbia, Fader, Island, Julian Daniel, Kevin McHale, Looseleaf, Myylo, Pexels, Pixabay, RCA, Virgin, Warner Bros.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/11-awesome-songs-that-tickled-my-fancy-in-june-2019.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
“11 Awesome Songs That Tickled My Fancy in June 2019” features music by Bastille, Kevin McHale, Kygo & Whitney Houston, Lil Nas X, and Prince.
![Mansionair, Shadowboxer [Photo Credit: Glassnote]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mansionair-shadowboxer-glassnote.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy-nominated Australian alt, electro-pop collective Mansionair sound superb on “Shadows,” their distinct and memorable first single of 2019.
![LX Mason, I Don't [Photo Credit: LX Mason]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/lx-mason-i-dont-lx-mason.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
LX Mason dazzles on his debut single, “I Don’t,” a song that eschews being “oppressed by other’s opinions” or by “personal anxieties and fears.”
![Holander, Smoke [Photo Credit: Holander]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/holander-smoke-holander.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Rising Los Angeles electro-pop artist and social change advocate Holander shows tremendous potential on her short, but hella sweet single, “Smoke.”
![Mansionair, Technicolour [Photo Credit: Glassnote]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/mansionair-technicolor-glassnote.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Rising, Grammy-nominated Australian alt, electro-pop collective Mansionair shines on “Technicolour,” their second single of 2018.
![Hanne Leland, Stay [Photo Credit: Mariann Vik]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/hanne-leland-stay-photo-cred-mariann-vik.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Following the excellence of single “Carry On,” Rising Norwegian electro-pop artist Hanne Leland returns with an emotional follow-up single, “Stay.”